I wholeheartedly agree with all but your very last statement. I do not see it as a good thing what the media is doing because they are essentially
crying wolf; and if Trump (or a future president for that matter) ever does truly step out of line, then nobody is going to be willing to listen to
the media anymore for lack of trust. The media is shooting themselves in the foot, with each of them all trying to be the next reporter to uncover
the new 'Watergate' scandal.

the most significant insight i have dredged from this fracas is the conflict between managing a nation as a community versus operating it as a
business. they are not the same thing, and they are a delicate balance indeed. and i feel that this is where people are split as americans. no one can
agree on how to compromise between making money and mending morals. philanthropy and business are passionate frenemies and it shows in the american
public. this is why i would choose the independent party over the false choice dilemma that dominates american politics, because the truth is...we
need both republican and democrat. they each offer essential qualities that are invaluable to the government, but they seem to encourage a needless
caveat that neither can be too friendly or cooperative with the other lest they discover that somewhere in the middle, left brain and right brain
becomes a coherent system that cancels out the worst of each and amplifies the best of both. in short, the left and right "twix complex" is a
complication that seems more confusing than helpful. and i keep hoping that the independent party can be an example to all of the purists. my
suggestion would be to take the leading nominees from all three parties (left, right, and middle) and replace the presidency with a triumviracy to
guarantee balance the same way the three branches of government do. but thats just idle contemplation on my part. maybe you could call it intellectual
insanity. so crazy it just might work.

I cannot deny the truth I feel in my heart and I will not censor myself because my opinion doesn't fit with the mainstream
narrative.

And there it is. Be honest, a large part of your support for Trump boils down to your feelings. On some level you have the feeling that Trump
really "just wants the best" for America. I'm reminded of people who ignore big glaring red flags to stay in unhealthy relationships:

"He's just misunderstood."
"He loves me."
"They don't know him like I do."
"He only lies about little things."
"He's changed."
"It's not his fault, he just can't catch a break."

Meanwhile, he's a lying, cheating asshole whose screwing your best friend, draining your bank account and causing you to turn your back on the friends
who are all shaking their heads in disbelief that you're playing yourself. Give it some time and you'll be jilted, broke and wondering if those bumps
are herpes.

originally posted by: carewemust
The DOSSIER is melting brains now, according to Grassley.

Huh? Let me clue you in on something. 99% of the opposition to Trump don't put much if any stock in the dossier. None of this has nthing to do with
the stupid dossier. We all get that most of it is probably just garbage rumor.

The other day I was watching one of those mind numbing morning talk shows, and one of them
described the people who voted against Trump as "the sophisticated city folk".

This is not new. I have lived with this common view of us country folk all my life.

When I was a young girl, my super intelligent, sophisticated cousins, from the city, would come to visit during school breaks. They made fun of us not
having street lights and they laughed at our wells. We were the country bumpkins. Yet they never passed up the opportunity to come. They were the
first to beg to ride the horses, pet the livestock, pick the tomatoes, strawberries, watermelons, grapes, raspberries, and camp out under the stars
they never saw in the city.

We are all old farts now, but they continued to come, then brought their children, and now they bring their grand and great grands.

Country folk pride themselves on not being sophisticated. We are happy just being plain old down earth commonsense folk. Maybe it is time that we stop
listening to the super educated and sophisticated city folk and started listening to the common folk.

originally posted by: dukeofjive696969
So your saying that if obama had went through bankruptcy as many times as trump
People would claim obama is da best eva.

Bankruptcy on a business sense is not a sign of failure but more a sign of trying.
One thing you leftists fail to realize is 80% of all business endeavors fail within the first year. Trump actually has a higher success rate than most
people. But the left is more in the market of regulating people out of business so I wouldn't expect them to understand this. Like trying to explain
to a child what infinity is...

You are using arguments that were disproven and debunked numerous times more than a year ago...

a reply to: theantediluvian
How many times are we going to rehash the same arguments?

We know we have a lousy President. We had nothing but lousy candidates to choose from. Regardless of who won, we would still be here spouting the same
claims, beliefs, and insults.

We are stuck with Trump for 4 years. That is not a lot of time. If we don't start doing something differently, we are going to be in the same exact
place next election, having to choose between President Camacho, President James Dale, or someone worse.

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